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"etymology_text": "The figurative senses are a reference to the Japanese franchise Dragon Ball, where many characters have \"power levels\" indicating how powerful they are.",
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"ref": "2018 April 3, Sam Rutherford, “MSI's GS65 Stealth Is a Gaming Laptop Made for Adults”, in Gizmodo",
"text": "The black and gold paint job is a subtle but still stylish way to hide your power level.",
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"ref": "2017 November 13, Shree Paradkar, “Massive fascist rally in Poland shows how the far right has perverted the word 'patriotism'”, in The Toronto Star",
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"ref": "2019 November 22, Matthew Sheffield, “The Conservative Establishment's Nightmare Is Only Just Beginning”, in Washington Monthly",
"text": "The idea that minority Republicans would want to support a white nationalist makes little sense until one realizes that Fuentes is fond of using coded language to hide messages intended only for racists, a practice frequently referred to within the alt-right as \"hiding your power level.\"",
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"ref": "2022 September 20, Travis View (quoted), Sam Brodey, “AZ Secretary of State Candidate Mark Finchem Campaigned With Sandy Hook Truther”, in The Daily Beast",
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"ref": "2022 October 21, “How Kanye Pushed Balenciaga & Demna to Their Limit”, in Highsnobiety",
"text": "Over the past couple weeks, Kanye West revealed his power level, as the kids say. For starters, there was Ye's White Lives Matter T-shirt, which basically rendered everything else at his last-minute YZY SZN 9 fashion show irrelevant, the anti-Semitic tweets that got Ye booted off Twitter, and Ye's very public embrace of bigots like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson.",
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"ref": "2018 April 3, Sam Rutherford, “MSI's GS65 Stealth Is a Gaming Laptop Made for Adults”, in Gizmodo",
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"ref": "2019 November 22, Matthew Sheffield, “The Conservative Establishment's Nightmare Is Only Just Beginning”, in Washington Monthly",
"text": "The idea that minority Republicans would want to support a white nationalist makes little sense until one realizes that Fuentes is fond of using coded language to hide messages intended only for racists, a practice frequently referred to within the alt-right as \"hiding your power level.\"",
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},
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"ref": "2022 September 20, Travis View (quoted), Sam Brodey, “AZ Secretary of State Candidate Mark Finchem Campaigned With Sandy Hook Truther”, in The Daily Beast",
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"type": "quotation"
},
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"ref": "2022 October 21, “How Kanye Pushed Balenciaga & Demna to Their Limit”, in Highsnobiety",
"text": "Over the past couple weeks, Kanye West revealed his power level, as the kids say. For starters, there was Ye's White Lives Matter T-shirt, which basically rendered everything else at his last-minute YZY SZN 9 fashion show irrelevant, the anti-Semitic tweets that got Ye booted off Twitter, and Ye's very public embrace of bigots like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson.",
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